Search results
12 Results
Sorted by relevance
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… 37 Figure 22. Progress of tuna RFMOs in implementing an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management 39 Figure … Automatic Identification System AOSIS Alliance of Small Island States APEI Areas of Particular Environmental Interest … PrepCom Preparatory Committee PSIDS Pacific Small Island Developing States PSMA Port State Measures Agreement …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… South West Pacific Regional Group: A View from the Pacific Island Countries and Territories 121 Mary Taylor Part II: … of a wider range of varieties and crops to ensure better ecosystem service provision. A good example would be the use … -fighter-chinese-island?_s=PM:US (last accessed December 2010), or on the …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with … in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… to food and agriculture, and those constituting the agro-ecosystem: the variety and variability of animals, plants and … organisms, necessary to sustain key functions of the agro-ecosystem, its structure and processes. Agrobiodiversity is … those involved in active breeding programmes in the agro-ecosystem, together with husbandry activities that are …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… of collection practices that damage or destroy the ecosystem under study. While these issues, and the entire … penetrate the sur- face, seamounts act as underwater ‘island groups’ in that they tend to exhibit a high level of … R. 2001. The Wellbeing of Nations. Washington, DC: Island Press. 113 See Mugabe et al., supra note 93. 114 SADC …
Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing
… Strategies to Enforce International Environmental Law, Island Press, Washington, 2006 for further details on the the … with other organizations including the Pacific Island Forum and the United Nations Educational, Scientific … Strategies to Enforce International Environmental Law, Island Press, Washington, 2006. UNEP is committed to …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… able use situations, as a way of ensuring that any ecosystem harm caused by the ‘sustainable user’ will be … gathered by the Sorcerer II expe- dition at Coco’s Island, as part of the Global Program initiative of the J. … of 100 meters off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Over the next five years, commencing with an NCI- …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… to those found in the jurisdictions of South Pacific Island nations), Alaska (Canada and Russia), Puerto Rico … MacArthur, R. and E. Wilson. 1967. The theory of island biogeography. Princeton: Princeton University Press. … countries (including particular reference to small island states). All countries share similar responsibilities …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… (Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia), with two lesser centres: the island of Chiloe off the coast of southern Chile, and an … (species diversity) and the interrelationships of life (ecosystem diver- sity). In other words, the CBD is the …